With the beginning of human history comes the Stone Age—comprised of the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras. The start of tool-making marks the former; the start of agriculture marks the latter. The first forms of tools in the Paleolithic Era were quite basic and rough‚ made from materials like wood‚ bone‚ and stone. Tools such as choppers for cracking bone and scrapers for preparing animal hide were used‚ and were then designed upon by later hominoids‚ from which weapons like clubs‚ spears‚ and knives
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The Neolithic period is more advanced in lifestyle and technology than the Paleolithic period. During this time‚ farming comes into place and they found important use for animals. They domesticated or “tamed” sheep‚ dogs‚ cattle‚ etc. Having these animals helped with everyday work and farming. They used the large ones for food such as cattle and goats for milk and killed them during the winter for extra food and clothing. This increase in food gave opportunity to build special skills. These skills
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The period described as the Stone Age has been calculated as beginning about 2‚000‚000 BCE. During the Stone Age human society experienced the most fundamental changes‚ the most important of which was the massive yet lengthy transition from cave and rural dwelling and later to the more organized communities in towns and cities. The Stone Age is divided into two main periods: the Paleolithic period and the Neolithic period. Each of these periods is based on the sophistication of the tools our ancestors
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had many diverse periods of time‚ one being the Stone Age. During the Stone Age there were two major subdivisions‚ the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods. The Paleolithic‚ which lasted until about 10‚000 years ago‚ had a significant separating factor from the Neolithic‚ ending in 2000 B.C.E. This factor was the way in which the people in these periods acquired food. The Paleolithic people hunted and gathered their food while the Neolithic people produced their own food by agriculture. These two
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Paleolithic and Neolithic Art Drawing by Firelight (30‚000 B.C.) Cave drawings have been found dating back to 30‚000BC. This was man’s first written attempt at the art of storytelling with pictures. Many of the paintings are located in the ceilings and walls deep within the caves meaning they could only be viewed with firelight. Most of these caves have been found in France and Spain. Animals were most commonly drawn in the pictures. Early artist also painted people into the pictures. Some
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The Stone Age Social Studies Mrs. Pérez By: Alexander Colón 6th grade The Stone Age Now I think we can all admit that The Stone Age was not a good time to be living in the glory and all that. But I bet we would all be having some pretty good times with the things that you were able to do back then. So‚ let me explain some to you. During the Paleolithic age nomads grouped together into small societies called bands. They also subsisted by gathering plants‚ hunting‚ or scavenging wild
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Compare and Contrast Bronze Age Greece to Classical Greece The civilizations that lived during these two distinct periods in Greek history share many similarities in economic‚ social‚ and religious ideology. But culturally as well as politically they had very different structures and ideals. The Mycenaean’s flourished as a civilization during the Bronze Age‚ between 1600-1100B.C.E. During their control of Greece the landscape consisted of tree covered hills and valleys. The hills divided the
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The Paleolithic and Neolithic ages both had many great technological advances and were similar to each other that helped them economically. But they also differ in many ways. One example of this is the difference in the way people acted‚ in the Paleolithic age people acted savage and barbaric‚ while in the Neolithic age people acted more civilized and well mannered. One economical similarity is that agriculture played huge role in where people lived in both time periods. There are many similarities
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THE BRONZE AGE The Bronze Age began in 2800 and lasted till 1050BC. This was almost 2000 years ago. This time period started to replace the use of stone and iron with bronze. The development of trading began with the Aegean and Mediterranean regions. Crete was responsible for major development during the Bronze Age. Their society was based on structures of extravagant places. The Minoans for the next 500 years had had the power in the Aegean but by 1450BC they were over run by the Mycenaean’s
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Paleolithic & Neolithic We often hear of the "Stone Age" known to as one diverse period in ancient history. We see that the Stone Age is actually made up of two distinct sub-periods called Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) and Neolithic (New Stone Age). A good way to describe the Neolithic period is by first examining how it differed from the Paleolithic period. The Neolithic Era was a time marked by important changes in the way humankind lived. The earlier Paleolithic Era was characterized by an unreliable
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